# Memorable Closing Credit Songs (Films) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781 "2001-10-01T16:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/1 "2001-10-01T16:36:27Z")
I heard U2’s “In Gods Country” on the radio today and it made me think of the movie Three Kings, and how much I enjoyed the transfer from last scene to end credits. I guess this post is to ask what “last scene/closing credits” songs have genuinely added to your enjoyment of a movie? I have a short list: Three Kings, “In Gods Country”, U2 American Pie, “One Week”, Bare Naked Ladies Clueless, “Tenderness”, General Public Private Parts, “No Rain”, Blind Mellon I figured if there were any other people who pay attention to this kind of thing, they could be found here on the SDMB. If not, I hope this thread moves off of the first page quickly so the failure of my first OP doesn’t haunt me for the next few days each time I log in. Pash ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/2 "2001-10-01T16:52:41Z")
Blind Faith’s “Find My Way Home” in Fandango. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/3 "2001-10-01T17:32:44Z")
There were two or three songs played through the closing credits of _Oh Brother Where Art Thou_ that made it worth while sitting there and watching the lengthy credits roll by. ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/4 "2001-10-01T17:35:40Z")
“We Don’t Need Another Hero”, Tina Turner, **Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome** ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/5 "2001-10-01T18:09:17Z")
“it’s a long road” from the _Rambo_ credits ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/6 "2001-10-01T18:14:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Blind Faith’s “Find My Way Home” in Fandango. \*\* Sorry, that’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/7 "2001-10-01T18:33:27Z")
Never fear. A good topic is a good topic regardless of posts. And this is a good topic. # 1 all time choice I Will Always Love You from Bodyguard Season of the Witch in To Die For I’m A Believer in Shrek Pretty Woman from Pretty Woman Build me up (Buttercup) from Something About Mary As Time Goes by from Sleepless in Seattle We Are Family from the Birdcage Somewhere Over the Rainbow from You’ve Got Mail Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid??? Raindrop Keep Falling on My Head?? ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/8 "2001-10-01T18:49:25Z")
Lara Fabian-The Dream Within from _Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within_ ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/9 "2001-10-01T18:53:05Z")
The Pixies “Where is my mind” from Fight Club ---
**Author:** ![DaveX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@DaveX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveX)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/10 "2001-10-01T18:58:07Z")
Damn, 5HT beat me to it. I always thought that song was a perfect ending for that show. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/11 "2001-10-01T19:16:00Z")
I always found the mice singing the theme song, _If I Had Words_, at the end of **Babe** oddly entertaining. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/12 "2001-10-01T19:20:47Z")
Bruce Springsteen’s “Dead Man Walking” at the end of **Dead Man Walking** and David Bowie’s “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson” at the end of **Seven**. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/13 "2001-10-01T19:29:51Z")
Does anybody remember the song at the end of To Die For? I remeber the scene, Illeana Douglas was ice skating on the pond where Nicole Kidman’s body was frozen/buried (I think), but I can’t remember the song. Anyone? Watsonwil - I can’t believe I had forgotten about There’s Something About Mary. Possibly the most I’ve laughed during closing credits. The Birdcage/We are Family was also a great one. Pash ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/14 "2001-10-01T19:45:52Z")
“Gayane Ballet Suite” at the end of Aliens. This piece was also played during the scenes which showed the everyday life on board the spaceship for Dave and Frank in _2001, A Space Odyssey_. It’s a haunting, sad piece which I have yet to be able to dig up anywhere other than on the soundtrack of _2001_. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/15 "2001-10-01T19:50:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pashnish Ewing \* > \*\*Does anybody remember the song at the end of To Die For? I remeber the scene, Illeana Douglas was ice skating on the pond where Nicole Kidman’s body was frozen/buried (I think), but I can’t remember the song. Anyone? > > Watsonwil - > I can’t believe I had forgotten about There’s Something About Mary. Possibly the most I’ve laughed during closing credits. The Birdcage/We are Family was also a great one. > > Pash \*\* Look back in my post. I got it. Season of the Witch! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/16 "2001-10-01T20:17:53Z")
_(You’ve got to Have ) Friends_ sung by the still-not-yet-well-known Bette Midler at the end of **The Last of Sheila** , circa 1972. An unexpectedly nice ending to one of the best and most convoluted mystery movies ever. ---
**Author:** ![Fretburner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fretburner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretburner)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/17 "2001-10-01T20:18:29Z")
“New World” by Bjork at the end of Dancer in the Dark. Beautiful end to a beautiful (but sad) movie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Red\_Menace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Red\_Menace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Red_Menace)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/18 "2001-10-01T20:27:11Z")
The end of _William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet_ with Radiohead’s “Exit Music (For A Film)”. As far as I know, the song was written specifically for the movie and it really fits the somber tone of the movie’s ending. ---
**Author:** ![half\_a\_person](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@half\_a\_person](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half_a_person)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/19 "2001-10-01T20:34:56Z")
Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget about Me” from the Breakfast Club. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/20 "2001-10-01T20:41:45Z")
“Paint It, Black” at the end of _Full Metal Jacket_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781.md?page=2)